Vic crush death means record $1m Toll fine

Shipping operator Toll Transport has been fined a record $1 million after a dock worker was crushed to death while loading a ship in Melbourne.

Stevedore Anthony Attard was working on the deck of the Tasmanian Achiever in May 2014 when he was crushed by a trailer used to move shipping containers.

WorkSafe's investigation found Toll's safety procedures were inadequate and the requirement to have a person watching for pedestrians on the deck was not enforced.

The 42-year-old was wearing a hi-vis vest and using earplugs on the dock while a prime mover pushed a trailer up a ramp and into position.

The driver did not see Mr Attard and ran over him, crushing him under the wheels.

"Critically, a key component of the safety procedures - that a fellow stevedore be positioned on the deck to assist with moving mats, directing the prime movers and watching for pedestrians - did not occur," WorkSafe said in a statement on Wednesday.